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Date:         Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:47:29 -0800
Reply-To:     yahi <yahi@OLYPEN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         yahi <yahi@OLYPEN.COM>
Subject:      Re: 2.1L heads leaking @ -10?
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Hi! Just a cautionary note. Approach the re-torqueing of heads with considerable care. Studs are also prone to corrosion and pitting and there is a chance that they can snap when re-torqued. If this happens then you definitely have to pull the head(s) or worse depending on where the stud snapped.

Thom '87 Syncro Westy

---------- > From: FranD <fdundas@YAHOO.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: 2.1L heads leaking @ -10? > Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 5:42 PM > > Tom emailed me and I'm putting it on the list because I have > another question: > Can the heads be retorqued?(which was a suggestion from a friend > of mine)would it have any adverse affects? > FranD > > --- FranD <fdundas@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi Tom: > > Vancouver, B.C. > > that's Canada, but you know that anyway ,eh? > > FranD > > > > --- "ThomasD. Hanlon" <hanran@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Fran, > > > > > > Where is the vehicle? > > > > > > Tom Hanlon > > > Palm Springs, CA > > > 84 Westy > > > > > > FranD wrote: > > > > > > > I have an 84 1.9L Westy and in the winter my head gasket is > > > > leaking alot and when the weather warms up...and all > > > summer...not > > > > a darn drop...so, I carry a good supply of antifreez..as > > the > > > boys > > > > at Bow-Wow say 'what's $20.00 a mo. maintenance...which I > > > > heartily agree cause no way can I afford the price it's > > going > > > to > > > > cost to do the heads this year...but I too wonder..how long > > > will > > > > this last? > > > > FranD > > > > > > > > --- Lawrence Johnson <larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA> > > > wrote: > > > > > Richard, the RHS head on our Vanagon seeps coolant when > > the > > > > > weather is very cold > > > > > but not in the warm weather and it seeps after a drive, > > not > > > > > before. I assume that > > > > > the rubber is getting harder and the loss of elasticity > > > means a > > > > > less than perfect > > > > > seal with the head. When the rubber is cold, its just not > > > up to > > > > > the job. The heads > > > > > are likely pitted as well. I don't know how long we can > > go > > > on > > > > > like this but in the > > > > > mean time, "Fritz" isn't allowed to go out in the cold. > > > > > -Larry > > > > > '86 Syncro Westfalia > > > > > > > > > > Richard C Welsh wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > !@#$ Vanagon! just when i think i have her 'Dialed in', > > > the > > > > > damn van starts > > > > > > squirting coolant out the rubber head gaskets at start > > up > > > on > > > > > these crazy cold > > > > > > mornings. this can't be good. Strangely enough once > > it > > > gets > > > > > running and warms > > > > > > up, the leak stops. I limped home from vermont this > > way > > > and > > > > > now am thinking i > > > > > > have to pull the heads, etc, etc. I can't imagine this > > > is > > > > > normal, but has it > > > > > > happened to anyone else? > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > FranD > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > FranD > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > > ===== > FranD > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com


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